Transformers: Rescue Bots: Bots' Battle For Justice DVD From Shout Factory

o.supreme wrote:Probably the same person who insists on packaging single disc releases of random episodes and not proper season sets. Its official, my son told me the other day he is no longer interested in Rescue Bots. He still likes other Transformers, but he has "aged out". I don't blame him, I know things change, but whereas before I would have purchased full season sets for him, now I have basically no reason to.

Sabrblade wrote:For those of us who don't have Discovery Family, since Kisscartoon is taking forever to get this episode uploaded, our old friend Fanoftransformers123 put it on YouTube so watch while you can.

Sabrblade wrote:Looks like Ryan/Seibertron finally got his wish in today's episode with there being an enemy Cybertronian in this one (albeit, a Mini-Con rather than a Decepticon).

And it was another crossover with RID as the Mini-Con was a Cyclone and Sideswipe guest-starred.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Looks like Ryan/Seibertron finally got his wish in today's episode with there being an enemy Cybertronian in this one (albeit, a Mini-Con rather than a Decepticon).

And it was another crossover with RID as the Mini-Con was a Cyclone and Sideswipe guest-starred.

Does this mean that we'll be getting Sideswipe & minicon RB toys now

o.supreme wrote:ok...so after watching the new episode of RiD...my son then decided he wanted to watch the new Rescue Bots..cause I told him I saw on this forum Sideswipe was in it...We watched it...I usually don't catch obscure references but in the beginning when Blurr was racing on the track, and Heatwave said something about "You want to be as fast as Override?"-- I thought that as odd because that was a reference to TF:Cybertron...but I did some research...turns out in the Exiles Novel, they introduced Velocitron etc...Seems like the Aligned Continuity is coming more and more close to the IDW G1 continuity, trying to integrate transformers from all different series...

o.supreme wrote:I've seen the Gameplay of WFC & FoC, and watched all of Prime/RiD15, and *some* of Rescue Bots. I wasn't sure how integral the Novels Exodus/Exiles/Retribution were to the Aligned continuity. Perhaps I should give them a read.

Sabrblade wrote:Forewarning: The novels (especially Exiles) are not well written at all (though, I will argue the Retribution was the most-readable of the three), but do provide a LOT of backstory and lore information not found in any other Aligned media (save for the Covenant of Primus book).

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Forewarning: The novels (especially Exiles) are not well written at all (though, I will argue the Retribution was the most-readable of the three), but do provide a LOT of backstory and lore information not found in any other Aligned media (save for the Covenant of Primus book).

Thanks. Just for comparisons sake...how do you think these novels stack up against the Hardwired/Annihilation/Fusion trilogy? I know most fans didn't care for those. But I kind of liked them...at least I seem to recall having mostly positive memories...except the ending. I only read them once over a decade ago. They still sit on my bookshelf with other novels from various series.

Also...I keep wishing they would release the covenant without the whole Autobot symbol/toy thing.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Erm.... no episode this weekend?

Stuartmaximus wrote:Latest episode....A Brush With Danger...was a very James Bond style one

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Latest episode....A Brush With Danger...was a very James Bond style one

That episode, #100, was from two weeks ago.

If you're going by iTunes's episode releases, iTunes messed up their release order and put out episodes 101 and 102 before episode 100, and put both 101 and 102 out two whole weeks ahead of each's TV airing date.

Something must have gone really wrong there. The order in which all three episodes aired on Discovery Family is like so:
#100: "A Brush With Danger" - October 1, 2016
#101: "To Infinity...And Back" - October 8, 2016
#102: "Family Business" - October 15, 2016 (yesterday)

Though, I must admit that I actually prefer the mistaken order that iTunes released each episode in because that mistake allowed "To Infinite...And Back" to get released first as the 100th episode instead of "A Brush With Danger". The reason I prefer "To Infinite...And Back" to come first as the 100th episode is because it feels more like a 100th episode than "A Brush With Danger" does, what with Dani's test piloting mission in that episode being her 100th mission, and the overall scope of the episode being so grand and epic and wondrous. It just feels more like a celebration episode than much more mundane "A Brush With Danger" does.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Just watched the first part of the two part Morocco story & it was great
since Morocco has invaded the Training Centre's computer systems i wonder if he'll transform it to robot mode(of whom i still think is Grandus) coz it would be a bit like Megatron taking over Omega Supreme in TFA

Flashwave wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Just watched the first part of the two part Morocco story & it was great
since Morocco has invaded the Training Centre's computer systems i wonder if he'll transform it to robot mode(of whom i still think is Grandus) coz it would be a bit like Megatron taking over Omega Supreme in TFA

Well come on, man! Dont hold out on us! Where did you find it?

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Just watched the first part of the two part Morocco story & it was great
since Morocco has invaded the Training Centre's computer systems i wonder if he'll transform it to robot mode(of whom i still think is Grandus) coz it would be a bit like Megatron taking over Omega Supreme in TFA

Well come on, man! Dont hold out on us! Where did you find it?

Looks like iTunes dun goofed again and released it last Saturday. Stu probably watched it on Kisscartoon as it's up on there now.

o.supreme wrote:haven't seen it yet, but I'm thinking it should be the series finale as well. There has been no word on a 5th season. Every announcement of renewal has always come shortly before the previous season ended.

Sabrblade wrote:longest-running TF cartoon in history

Sabrblade wrote:this show seems pretty inexpensive to make

o.supreme wrote:Still for kids who grew up with RB, as I've said before, they are aging out. My son was just shy of 6 when it first aired. He is 10 1/2 now. he said we would watch season 4 if it is added to Netflix, but is much more into RiD15 now. That's not to say there isn't a new crop of children coming along that the show would appeal to, but if that were solely the reason to keep going, then no show would ever get cancelled right? I am impressed as well, for a show that offers nothing to myself as an older Transformers fan, it somehow produced 6 more episodes than the Original Series (but that's just because Marvel/Sunbow got cheap at the end...but I digress). I think for some RB is a labor of love whereas The Original Series was just a "job" to most involved, they had no idea what they were making would have such a profound effect on so many young people. The industry has changed quite a bit in the last 30 years. Of course hindsight is 20/20, but if some of those folks knew the impact they were having with the Original Series, it could have easily continued for a long time to come.

Flashwave wrote:Shouldnt this be in spoilers? I fidnt think this has fully aired yet?

Flashwave wrote:And, S4 did a beautiful job tieing up everything, even if the Pynch ep did feel a little rushed. There's no loose threads thT I recall, and it had a touching ending.

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:And, S4 did a beautiful job tieing up everything, even if the Pynch ep did feel a little rushed. There's no loose threads thT I recall, and it had a touching ending.

There's still the first time that Jules Verne met the Rescue Bots to be seen, as our first meeting of him was at least his second time having encountered the Bots.

Flashwave wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:And, S4 did a beautiful job tieing up everything, even if the Pynch ep did feel a little rushed. There's no loose threads thT I recall, and it had a touching ending.

There's still the first time that Jules Verne met the Rescue Bots to be seen, as our first meeting of him was at least his second time having encountered the Bots.

You're right, I forgot that one. But I wonder if that maybe wasnt a cop out to get around him being freaked out by their existance? Even still, that thread is rather well tied, having addressed Morocco's origins and putting him away as a human element. For them to go time travelling, or whatever, would be the crearion of a new plot referencing an old comment, not a continuation.

o.supreme wrote:Although I personally have not to much interest in this series, and my sons interest is pretty much a thing of the past, I am a completest. Too bad S!F has no plan to release season sets, especially now that the show is done (I'm saying its done...though there has been no official word yet). Releasing single discs every few months, with random episodes, some repeated, is pointless. Seems like this is destined to join the pantheon of recent Marvel series without proper releases on physical media.

o.supreme wrote:I could buy them from Amazon as well. But I am a collector of physical media.

Sabrblade wrote:Whatever happened to the word of Madman doing season sets for this show in Australia?

Beyond Home Entertainment have released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia:


Title

Release Date

Episodes

V1: Hot Shots [24] November 6, 2013 "Family of Heroes" (season 1, episode 1)
"Under Pressure" (season 1, episode 2)
"Hotshots" (season 1, episode 3)
"Flobsters on Parade" (season 1, episode 4)
"The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock" (season 1, episode 5)

V2: Cody on Patrol [25] November 6, 2013 "Cody on Patrol" (season 1, episode 6)
"Walk on the Wild Side" (season 1, episode
"Four Bots and a Baby" (season 1, episode 7)
"Christmas in July" (season 1, episode 9)
"Deep Trouble" (season 1, episode 10)

V3: Return of the Dino Bot [26] February 5, 2014 "Return of the Dino Bot" (season 1, episode 11)
"The Other Doctor" (season 1, episode 12)
"The Reign of Morocco" (season 1, episode 13)
"Small Blessings" (season 1, episode 14)
"The Griffin Rock Triangle" (season 1, episode 15)

V4: Bumblebee to the Rescue [27] June 4, 2014 "Rules and Regulations" (season 1, episode 16)
"The Lost Bell" (season 1, episode 17)
"Bumblebee to the Rescue" (season 1, episode 18)
"You've Been Squilshed" (season 1, episode 19)
"Countdown" (season 1, episode 20)

V5: Bot to the Future [28] January 2, 2015 "The Haunting of Griffin Rock" (season 1, episode 21)
"Little White Lies" (season 1, episode 22)
"Shake Up" (season 1, episode 23)
"Rescue Boy" (season 1, episode 24)
"It's a Bot Time" (season 1, episode 25)
"Bot to the Future" (season 1, episode 26)

Season 2 V1: Serve and Protect [29] March 2, 2015 "Road Trip" (season 2, episode 1)
"Sky Forest" (season 2, episode 2)
"One for the Ages" (season 2, episode 3)
"Tip of the Iceberg" (season 2, episode 4)
"Spellbound" (season 2, episode 6)
"A Virtual Disaster" (season 2, episode 5)
"Prescott's Bots" (season 2, episode 7)

Season 2 V2: Space Bots [30] June 3, 2015 "Blame the Gremlins" (season 2, episode
"Feed the Beast" (season 2, episode 9)
"What Lies Below" (season 2, episode 10)
"What Rises Above" (season 2, episode 11)
"Space Bots" (season 2, episode 12)
"The Island of Misfit Tech" (season 2, episode 13)

Season 2 V3: Bots and Robbers [31] August 5, 2015 "The Vigilant Town" (season 2, episode 14)
"Buddy System" (season 2, episode 15)
"In Search of the Griffin's Nest" (season 2, episode 16)
"Bots and Robbers" (season 2, episode 17)
"Rescue Dog" (season 2, episode 18)
"Changes" (season 2, episode 19)

Season 2 V4: Rise of the Heroes [32] December 2, 2015 "The Riders of Midwinter" (season 2, episode 20)
"Movers and Shakers" (season 2, episode 21)
"Chief Woodrow" (season 2, episode 22)
"Odd Bot Out" (season 2, episode 23)
"The Griffin Rock Express" (season 2, episode 24)
"Double Villainy" (season 2, episode 25)
"Rise of the Heroes" (season 2, episode 26)

Season 3 V1: Land Before Prime [33] April 1, 2016 "Land Before Prime" (season 3, episode 1)
"Big Game" (season 3, episode 2)
"Too Many Kades" (season 3, episode 3)
"Phantom of the Sea" (season 3, episode 4)
"Unfinished Business" (season 3, episode 5)
"No Place Like Dome" (season 3, episode 6)

Season 3 V2: Bot-Tastic Voyage [34] July 1, 2016 "Bugs in the System" (season 3, episode 7)
"Switcheroo" (season 3, episode
"Bot-Tastic Voyage" (season 3, episode 9)
"Quarry vs. Quarry" (season 3, episode 10)
"Did You See What I Thaw?" (season 3, episode 11)
"The Attack of Humungado" (season 3, episode 12)

Deadput wrote:Well I at least wanted to see Medix and Hoist before the show ended and to find out who the heck these rescue bots were pretty sure that two of them were Medix and Hoist.